Starting next year, Texas will require companies like Apple and Google to verify the ages of people that use their app stores, and Apple shared today how it’s going to comply. Starting January 1st, 2026, anyone trying to make a new Apple Account must confirm if they are over 18, and any users under 18 […]

Verizon is acquiring Starry, the ISP that delivers home internet using antennas and millimeter wave technology. The acquisition “advances” Verizon’s ability to offer high-speed internet in apartments, condominiums, and other multi-dwelling units, the company said on Wednesday. Starry made its debut in Boston in 2016, offering gigabit speeds via its unconventional approach to internet connectivity. […]

If you know someone who always has the perfect playlist queued up, the Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4 makes for a solid gift. It’s easy to bring to the beach or take with you on a short weekend jaunt, and it produces surprisingly robust sound despite its pint-sized stature. Thankfully, it’s also once again on sale […]

It's one thing to know that the folding phone you're using is fully dust resistant. It's an entirely different thing to watch an $1,800 phone with delicate mechanical parts sink half an inch into the sand with the screen wide open. There's more to that story, but the short version is that the Google Pixel […]

Five years ago, I used to groan when it came time to review an Android smartwatch. Back then, anything that wasn't a Samsung watch was disappointing at best. The space was fragmented, battery life was dismal, and interest just didn't seem to be there. But now, the $349.99 Google Pixel Watch 4 is the most […]

The current state of headphones is a bummer. In one sense, the market has never been so good: from Bose to Sony to Apple to Google to Samsung to Sennheiser to JBL to unpronounceable Chinese knockoffs, you can't spin around in a Best Buy without finding a pair of solid-sounding earbuds. Across prices and styles, […]

If you’ve ever found yourself in a situation where the music you’re enjoying in your AirPods suddenly starts playing through your car’s speakers when you start it, you’re apparently not alone. Apple has introduced a simple solution to the problem in iOS 26, as spotted by MacRumors, that should also work with any other pair […]

The second day of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days is here, providing you with an additional opportunity to save on a range of Verge-approved gadgets. We’re continuing to highlight hundreds of our favorite deals — from cheap charging accessories and discounts on the latest Apple gear to an all-time low on the Google Pixel 9A […]

Last week, Amazon and Google kick-started what could be the next chapter of the smart home. Their new voice assistants, Alexa Plus and Gemini for Home, have been rebuilt from the ground up on generative AI and large language models to be more conversational, understand context, and take actions. This marks the biggest shift in […]

Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018 for $7.5 billion, in a move that was nervously received by the developer community at the time. The company has mostly remained independent at Microsoft since then, but the resignation of former CEO Thomas Dohmke less than two months ago has shaken up how GitHub operates. GitHub is now gearing […]